Scientific Publications

Below are references linked to the different data products distributed by Aviso.
See on JPL website the Literature Database Search for articles using altimetry

Aviso Handbooks

SALP-MU-P-EA-21065-CLS, Edition 1.9, June 2008
Ssalto/Duacs User Handbook : (M)SLA and (M)ADT Near-Real Time and Delayed Time Products, pdf version (355 Kb)
CLS-DOS-NT-05.108, Edition 1.0, June 2005
Ssalto/Duacs product handbook: Mersea regional products, pdf version (180 Kb)
CLS-DOS-NT-05.097, Edition 1.3, June 2008
DT CorSSH and DT SLA Product Handbook, pdf version (135 Kb)
SMM-MU-M5-OP-13184-CN, Edition 4.0, June 2008
Aviso and PoDaac User Handbook - IGDR and GDR Jason-1 Products, pdf version (900 Kb)
AVI-NT-02-101-CN, Edition 3.0, July 1996
Aviso User Handbook: Merged Topex/Poseidon Products, pdf version (900 Kb)
AVI-NT-02-100-CN, Edition 3.0, July 1995
Aviso CD ROM User Manual: Merged Topex/Poseidon Products

Other references

Satellite oceanic remote sensing, 1985, Adv. Geophys., 27
Special Geosat issue: Sea Level frome space, 1990, J. Geophys. Res., 95, C3 and C10
Special Topex/Poseidon issue: Scientific results, 1995, J. Geophys. Res., 100, C12
Special Topex/Poseidon issue : Geophysical evaluation, 1994, J. Geophys. Res., 99, C12
Special issue on Jason-1 Calibration/Validation, part I, Marine Geodesy, 3-4, vol 26, 2003
Special issue on Jason-1 Calibration/Validation, part II, Marine Geodesy, 1-2, vol 27, 2004
Special issue on Jason-1 Calibration/Validation, part III, Marine Geodesy, 3-4, vol 27, 2004
Special Issue on Satellite Altimetry: New Sensors and New Application, Sensors, 6, 2006

Ssalto/Duacs References

Dorandeu, J., and P.-Y. Le Traon, 1999: Effects of global mean atmospheric pressure variations on mean sea level changes from Topex/Poseidon, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 16, 1279-1283.
Ducet, N., P.-Y. Le Traon, and G. Reverdin, 2000: Global high resolution mapping of ocean circulation from Topex/Poseidon and ERS-1 and -2, J. Geophys. Res., 105 (C8), 19477-19498.
Le Traon, P.Y., Faugère Y., Hernandez F., Dorandeu J., Mertz F. and M. Ablain, 2003. Can we merge GEOSAT Follow-On with TOPEX/POSEIDON and ERS-2 for an improved description of the ocean circulation? J. Atmos. Ocean. Techn., 20, 889-895
Le Traon, P.-Y. and F. Ogor, 1998: ERS-1/2 orbit improvement using TOPEX/POSEIDON: the 2 cm challenge. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 8045-8057.
Pascual A., Faugère F., Larnicol G., Le Traon P.Y, 2006, Improved description of the ocean mesoscale variability by combining four satellite altimeters, Geophys. Res. Let., Vol 33, L02611
Pujol I. and G. Larnicol, 2005, Mediterranean Sea eddy kinetic energy variability from 11 years of altimetric data, J. Mar. Syst. 58 (3-4), 121-142
Scharroo, R., and P. Visser, 1998: Precise orbit determination and gravity field improvement for the ERS satellites, J. Geophys. Res., 103 (C4), 8113-8127.

Auxiliary product references

Mean Sea Surface

Hernandez, F., M.-H. Calvez, J. Dorandeu, Y. Faugère, F. Mertz, and P. Schaeffer, 2000: Surface Moyenne Océanique: Support scientifique à la mission altimétrique Jason-1, et à une mission micro-satellite altimétrique. Contrat Ssalto 2945 - Lot 2 - A.1. Rapport d'avancement. Rapport n° CLS/DOS/NT/00.313, édité par CLS, Ramonville St Agne. pp. 40.
Hernandez, F., and P. Schaeffer, 2000: Altimetric Mean Sea Surfaces and Gravity Anomaly maps inter-comparisons. Rapport n° AVI-NT-011-5242-CLS, ed. CLS, Ramonville St Agne. pp. 48.

Mean dynamic topography

Rio03

Hernandez, F., P.-Y. Le Traon, and R. Morrow, Mapping mesoscale variability of the Azores Current using TOPEX/POSEIDON and ERS-1 altimetry, together with hydrographic and Lagrangian measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 24995-25006, 1995.
Le Traon, P.-Y. and F. Hernandez, Mapping the oceanic mesoscale circulation: validation of satellite altimetry using surface drifters, J. Atmos. and Ocean. Techn., 9, 687-698, 1992.
Rio, M.-H., Combinaison de données in situ, altimétriques et gravimétriques pour l'estimation d'une topographie dynamique moyenne globale, Ed. CLS. PhD Thesis, University Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III, France), 260pp, 2003.
Rio, M.-H. and F. Hernandez, High frequency response of wind-driven currents measured by drifting buoys and altimetry over the world ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 39-1, 2003.

Rio05

Rio M.-H., F. Hernandez, A mean dynamic topography computed over the world ocean from altimetry, in situ measurements, and a geoid model, J. Geophys. Res., 109, C12032, 2004.
Rio, M.-H., Schaeffer, P., Lemoine, J.-M., Hernandez, F., Estimation of the ocean Mean Dynamic Topography through the combination of altimetric data, in-situ measurements and GRACE geoid: From global to regional studies, Proceedings of the GOCINA international workshop, Luxembourg, 2005.

RioMed

Rio M.H., Poulain P-M, Pascal A., Mauri E., Larnicol G., Santoleri R., A mean dynamic topography of the Mediterranean Sea computer from altimeter data, in situ measurements and a general circulation model, J. Mar. Sys., 2005.

Le Grand inverse model

Le Grand, P., Impact of the gravity field and steady-state ocean circulation explorer (GOCE) mission on ocean circulation estimates. Volume fluxes in a climatological inverse model of the Atlantic, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 19597-19610, 2001.
Le Grand, P., H. Mercier, and T. Reynaud, Combining T/P altimetric data with hydrographic data to estimate the mean dynamic topography of the North Atlantic and improve the geoid, Annales Geophysicae, 16, 638-650, 1998.
Le Grand, P., E. J. O. Schrama, and J. Tournadre, An inverse estimate of the dynamic topography of the ocean, Geophys. Res. Let. 30, 1062, 2003.

Levitus Climatology

Levitus, S., R. Burgett, and T. P. Boyer, World ocean atlas 1994 volume 3 : Salinity, NOAA Atlas NESDIS 3, 99 pp, 1994.
Levitus, S. and T. P. Boyer, World ocean atlas 1994 volume 4 : Temperature, NOAA Atlas NESDIS 4, 117 pp, 1994.

OCCAM model

Killworth, P. D., OCCAM: the Ocean Circulation and Climate Advanced Modelling Project, International WOCE Newsletter, 18, 20-22, 1995.
Killworth, P. D., C. Dieterich, C. Le Provost, A. Oschlies, and J. Willebrand, Assimilation of altimetric data and mean sea surface height into an eddy-permitting model of the North Atlantic, Progr. in Oceanography, 48, 313-335, 2001.
Fox, A. D., K. Haines, B. A. de Cuevas, and D. J. Webb, Altimeter assimilation in the OCCAM global model. Part I & II: A twin experiment & TOPEX/POSEIDON and ERS-1 assimilation, J. Mar. Sys., 26, 303-323 & 323-347, 2000.
Troccoli, A. and K. Haines, Use of the Temperature-Salinity relation in data assimilation context, J. Atmos. and Ocean. Tech., 16, 2011-2025, 1999.

Tide model

FES99

Le Provost, C., M.L. Genco, F. Lyard, P. Vincent, and P. Canceil, Spectroscopy of the world ocean tides from a finite element hydrodynamic model, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 24,777-24,797, 1994.
Le Provost, C., F. Lyard, J.M. Molines, M.L. Genco, and F. Rabilloud, A hydrodynamic ocean tide model improved by assimilating a satellite altimeter-derived data set, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 5513-5529, 1998.
Le Provost, C., and P. Vincent, Some tests of precision for a finite element model of ocean tides, J. Comput. Phys., 65, 273-291, 1986.
Lefèvre, F., F.H. Lyard, and C. Le Provost, FES98: a new global tide finite element solution independent of altimetry, Geophys. Res. Let., 27 (17), 2717-2720, 2000.
Lefèvre, F., F. Lyard, C. Le Provost, and E.J.O. Schrama, FES99 : a tide finite element solution assimilating tide gauge and altimetric information, J. Atm. Oceano. Tech., 19 (9), 1345-1356, 2002.

FES2004

Lyard, F., F. Lefèvre, T. Letellier and O. Francis. Modelling the global ocean tides: a modern insight from FES2004, Ocean Dynamics, 56, 394-415, 2006.

Atmospheric corrections

Dynamic Atmospheric correction

Carrère, L., Etude et modélisation de la réponse haute fréquence de l'océan global aux forçages météorologiques, PhD Thesis, University Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III, France).
Carrère, L. and Lyard F., Modelling the barotropic response of the global ocean to atmospheric wind and pressure forcing - comparisons with observations, Geophys. Res. Let., 30(6), pp 1275, 2003.
Dorandeu, J. and P. Y. Le Traon, Effects of Global Mean Atmospheric Pressure Variations on Mean Sea Level Changes from TOPEX/Poseidon, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 16, 1279-1283, 1999.
Lynch, D.R. and Gray W.G, A wave equation model for finite element tidal computations, Computers and Fluids, 7, pp 207-228, 1979.

Corrections & models references

Ablain, M., S. Philipps, 2006, Topex/Poseidon 2005 annual validation report, Topex/Poseidon validation activities, 13 years of T/P data (GDR-Ms)
Carrère, L. and F. Lyard, 2003: Modeling the barotropic response of the global ocean to atmospheric wind and pressure forcing ? comparison with observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(6), 1275.
Cartwright, D. E., R. J. Tayler, 1971, "New computations of the tide-generating potential," Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., 23, 45-74.
Cartwright, D. E., A. C. Edden, 1973, "Corrected tables of tidal harmonics," Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., 33, 253-264.
Gaspar, P., and F. Ogor, 1996, Estimation and analysis of the sea state bias of the new ERS-1 and ERS-2 altimetric data, (OPR version 6). Technical Report. IFREMER/CLS Contract n° 96/2.246 002/C. (CLS/DOS/NT/96.041).
Labroue, S., P. Gaspar, J. Dorandeu, F. Mertz, OZ. Zanifé, 2006, Overview of the Improvements Made on the Empirical Determination of the Sea State Bias Correction, 15 years of progress in radar altimetry Symposium, Venice, Italy, 2006
Ray, R., 1999: A Global Ocean Tide model from Topex/Poseidon Altimetry, GOT99.2. Rapport n° NASA/TM-1999-209478, Goddard Space Flight Center Ed., NASA, Greenbelt, MD, USA. pp. 58.
Scharroo, R., J. Lillibridge, and W.H.F. Smith, 2004: Cross-calibration and long-term monitoring of the Microwave Radiometers of ERS, Topex, GFO, Jason-1 and Envisat. Marine Geodesy, 97.
Wahr, J. W., 1985, "Deformation of the Earth induced by polar motion," J. Geophys. Res. (Solid Earth), 90, 9363-9368.